On July 13, 2024, Donald Trump, then a former president of the United States and the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential election, survived an assassination attempt wh
Butler Farm Show Grounds (right), 6:01 p.m. EDT, 10 minutes before the shooting
The AR-15 pattern rifle used by Crooks in the assassination attempt. The stock was damaged by counteracting gunfire.
Trump standing alongside Corey Comperatore's fire department uniform while delivering his July 18 acceptance speech at the 2024 Republican National Convention
Trump wearing a bandage on his ear at the 2024 Republican National Convention
Thomas Crooks
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Thomas Matthew Crooks was an American man who attempted to assassinate then-former U.S. president Donald Trump, who at the time was the presumptive Republican Party nominee for the 2024 presidential e
Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania
…attempt while speaking at an open-air campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump was shot and wounded in his upper right ear by 20-year-old Thomas Crooks, who fired eight rounds from an AR-15–style rifle from a nearby building's roof. Crooks also killed an audience member, Corey Comperatore, and critically…
Improvised explosive devices in the car trunk of Crooks found by the FBI
The rifle and backpack used by Crooks at the assassination attempt
Official Presidential Portrait of President Donald J. Trump